Sheet-registering mechanism.



L. E. MORRISON. SHEET REGISTERING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED DBG. 23,1910. 1, 1 1 1,968 Patented sept.. 29, 1914.

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L. E. MORRISON. SHEET REGIS'IERHGl MBCHANISM. y APPLICATION FILED D110.2a, 1910.

1,1 6.8. Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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Lewis E. moenson, es Newman, ess-Ionen fro miniserie nim s nmfrfrnmsrLUM, Boris one referente, NEW ineens;

SHEET-REGISTREER# mnemmsri.

Specicetion of enteirs'stent Firmar-ieri @enh 25h ,To cZZ whom it mayconcern: v

lie it known' that l, LEWIS E. llflon'iisoN, ieitizen of the UnitedvStates of fiineric-e, nfl n resident' of Ne wirk, Essex county; flewJersey, here inventer certainnew and. us ful improvements inSheet-Registering Mechanisms, oli which the following is aspecilica'ion.l .j This invent-ion relates to sheet registering; meansand has 4pan;icnlnr reference to improvements in' gages for registeringn sheet o' paper on the platen oli a printing machine,

' ie objects of the invention are to provide novel andnse'fnl. registergages Y io he attached lio Ehe platen oli a machine. withonl in any Waydis- To this end the inventioncomprises gages lio be operated topositively regis-v 'ter the sheet at both the side and front @hereof andof e; construction substantially a., forth in the following speccntion,luie reference 1s had to Ihe accompanying l ings in Whieh- Fig.v is :idetail perspective View olf' ,Ws oi., lehe plrien and frontk gages,

l l have illnstraiecl in ouzline, n. ih press yi/ell known in the' ari;anni lele oi, 'the pivot T' in snifznnle frame S. The ineens foroscillating the pleen are well, known and not shown. 9 is :i feed hoardfrom' which he'ipnper is fed-to the pieren. Thi 'ecd board isillnstretiv'e only. 1U re'mesenlzs the usnzil movnbie form meinheroperated hy :L 'gnnen-umg rod ll. from :i geur 12 driven in :my snitchieinenner. The above elements fili.I o well, known construction. mil `the@perni-ion of typo of press is well vufmiersooc. The plflien isprovided4 Wieh n* tympan; si'ieeb' i3, hei in position by" nt l5. 1G isthe nsnni gripperhzir pivoieii el, 17 on'ench side ofi the pieten and to`which i are. attached the usual. pers 8, Lf-l. The gripper loer 1Gn'iounenon une pieien or changing the Icoinstrinftion S is a plan Viewof the side register' .f the pinten 6 is xnonntef to oscill block f'ihaving; n tongue aforesaid grow@ Ves the blocks uml opa-unimi hy thecoirierziion ofthe cnn; 5l carried he lntlcr und the carin roll .32carried by the gripper lmr so dixit when the platen mores flown inroprinting posivtionthe grippers 'in cloee flown upon the' 'peper toretain it on the pleioi'i'while lhe impression is heimg-nnifle/nndthereafter to strip' ile'pnper from the forni. tion of: thegrippcrs'when the. pieten is up .is shown in full lines in. l sind this op;eration isweli known in the nrt.

The peper is placed on the pinten with ies leading or from, edge againstehe' from,

gages i9, 19, nml its one side edge' ufgninsla the side 20, afer ywhichthe gages are euton'lnlpicellyoperiitei to move the peper into :printingposition,

Each front gage comprises :i 'pivot block 42l fletnchfxhly secured tothe gripper'hcri by :i thnnibscrew Q2. l The' pivot bleek further ntongue 23 adaped to' enter c,

groove in the gripper. her to prevent the bloeit from turning on thescrew. The pivot block isfnrther provided With hinge .lugs 25. ln Atheselatter is hinged-n sho is erin 26 A' b means of e. in 927 the exis ofwhich 'is pernllel, to the gripper har. Tt shonloh howf ever', he .notedas en essential eiemenl; of this v,iiiveniion hnt 'the axis of ehe pivotZ7 is noi; coaxial: Wl'ah the :uns of the pivots 1"( ofthe gripper liar,the `axis of Whichvis in a lower plane. el; spring; 33 keeps Jshe armclown on the platen. The sflid firm eerries e. screw 2S foraclji'istfiby .Securing therein the gege -meinbcil' 29. This le. ter hasn sist 30 tepel-init of: auljustinent ns will be under stood und isfurther provided with a Siep ill which rests on the ihil'en. The in eris fed against the stops 3l'. fi gniile vis' 'frictionfilly secured tothe gege member 29 Jor the purpose of preventingthesheet from missing'che stops 3l.' l

The side `register Z0 eon'iprises n 36 to (it in the EH of the gripperhar und is'seciirecl ro the 0I f1 gage :irni il?. is provideil with n,hinge lng: P58 which is pivollefl between the @mts 3S) :imi 39 el.' theblock 35 'oy ineens of :i pin 4,0. Si spi'i1i9;'l-l keeps the gege erinagainst the platen.

'le is e entnre olf this invenion that the :mis 40 about which the ingelnrns is inn in llie The 'posh laitier in the saune manner y ment of theplaten about the axis 17 causes a takes place. sidewise or transverselyon the p aten be# relative transverse movement between the gage and thelaten. The extent of this movement is indicated by the distance marked50 in Fig. 6. 5

The arm 35 carries a stop member 42 having a curved elastic stop 43.

From the foregoing it `will be observed that the gages may be adjustedtransversely and longitudinallyv of the platen. The first adjustmentisaccomplished by loosening the thumbsciews referred to and sliding theblocks 2l along the' gripper bar. The second adjustment is accomplishedby loosening the screws'QS on the front gage and moving the gage member29'relatively to the arm 26...

The stop member 42 on the side gage may be moved along the arm 35 toadjust the stops 43. i.

Usually the front 4gages are positioned between the grippers.

The paper 45 is placed on the platen either manually or by an automaticfeed with the leading edge against the stops 31 and the one side edgeagainst the stop 43. When the platen moves down into printing position,the gripper bar is brought into alinement with it shown in Fig. 5 andthis movement of the platen causes the stops 31. to move upward on theplaten a slight distance thereby pushing the sheet of paper: into apredetermined position to receive the impression. The extent of themovement is indicated in Fig. 5 by the distance marked 49. This movementof the gages is due to the fact, above set-forth, that the pivot 27 isin a higher plane than the pivot 17. Hence the pivot 27 moves in an arcaround the pivot 17 toward the platen, and this op' eration is clearlyshown in Figs. 4 and The downward movement of the platen also causes thelug 38 of the side gage 2O to rotate around the pivot 40, but as thislatter is substantially coaxial with the pivot 17 no upward movement ofthe side gage Instead the side ga e moves cause the axis of the pivot 40is slightly inclined to the axis of the pivot 17; as explained above.The transverse movement of the side gage is illustrated in Fig. 6 asexplained and thereby the paper is pushed from the side into -`printingposition. When the form is very large the arm 35 is olset as shown so asto register a large sheet of of the paper-in printing position equal tot ie extent of the movement of said stops. This insures that the paperis pro erly registered in the same position for eac impression.

From the above it will be seen that` I have rovided very simplefandeasily attacliedp operated wholly by the movement of the platen relativeto the gripper bar. Another advantage of these stops is that they neednot be detached when the tympan sheet is to be changed. The gages aresimply swung upward in order to raise the bail 14 to free the tympan.After a fresh tympan has been placed upon the platen, the gages are letdovn and then the register is the saine as ore.

The invention is susceptible of changes and modification and I claimalls uch as properly come within the scope of the specification and theclaims.

I claim:

1. The combination yof a movable platen, a gage support pivotrd parallelto the same., a gage pivoted at an angle to the said support pivot andmeans for oscillating said support to cause the said age stop to move inan arc in a plane para lel to the surface of the platen.

2. The combination of a movable platen, a

register gages, and "that the same'are gripper bar pivoted parallel tothe same, a.

gage block supported on said grip er bar, a gage pivoted on said gageblock, t e axis of the gage pivot being inclined,v with respect to theaxis of the gripper bar pivot, whereby when said platen is operated thesaid gage keeping the gage in contact with the surface of the platen.

Signed at Newark, N. J., this 14th dayof December, 19.10. 4 LEWIS E.MORRISON. i Witnesses: l S. H. PLUM,

MORGAN K. SMITH.

vmoves transversely of the said platen in a

